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Commandline utility to determine whether the given file is text/binary.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Function to return whether the specified file is text/binary. | |
| # Returning true/false | |
| # | |
| # Add this file to your PATH to make available and ensure that it has | |
| # executable privileges. | |
| # | |
| # Example usage: | |
| # istext <file> | |
| [[ "$(file -b $1)" == *"text"* ]] |
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